ACF: CONGOLEUM CORPORATION Summary Congoleum Corporation has three product market segments: home furnishings‚ shipbuilding and automotive and industrial distribution. In 1979‚ First Boston Corporation bid for an LBO of Congoleum for a price per share of $38. The purpose of this analysis is to assess Congoleum as a LBO candidate and determine whether the offer made by First Boston Corporation is fair. 1. Is Congoleum a good LBO candidate? In other words‚ does this company have a lot of debt
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CHAPTER 6 PRJECT ANALYSIS UNDER CERTAINTY ANSWERS TO REVIEW QUESTIONS QUESTIONS 6.1 Explain and define the terms: net present value‚ internal rate of return‚ modified internal rate of return‚ accounting rate of return‚ and payback period. 6.2 Explain the role of ‘certainty’ in project evaluation decisions. 6.3 Assume that Anvil Inc. has estimated the following annual data for the introduction of a new product‚ Ranch Hand: EOY 0 EOY 1 EOY 2 EOY
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Q 1 If I was the marketing manager of Drypers Corporation I would select Market Challenger (runner-up) Strategies The market challengers’ strategic objective is to gain market share (to achieve profits and economics of scale) and to become the leader eventually. I will choose this strategy because there are market leaders which are: 1-Kimberly-Clark (Huggies) 2- Procter&Gamble (Pampers) These two brands achieved more than 70% of dollar market share for disposable diapers and training pants
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(President 1982-1995)‚ Nobuyuki Idei (President 1995-2002)‚ Kunitake Ando (President & Chief Operating Officer 2002). SWOT Analysis Strengths • Human talents (Employees) in SONY are creative; loyal and hold the same SONY’s dream • Vast and strong financial capabilities that enables SONY to expand their offices into US in 1960s with capital investment of US$500‚000. • Geographical opportunities. SONY has their headquarters in Japan which capable of serving the Asia Pacific market; whereas the US office
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changes in its financial reporting policies? Do you think investors will see through these changes? Answers 1. Identify all the accounting policy changes and the accounting estimates that Harnischfeger made during 1984. Estimate‚ as accurately as possible‚ the effect of these on the company´s 1984 reported profits. a. Changes that affect the Harnischfeger Revenues: • The company start to account Kobe Steel sales in US‚ previously it only add the gross margin in the financial statement.
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Case 1: Stryker Corporation: In-sourcing PCBs State the business case for option #3‚ the PCB In-sourcing proposal. What is the benefit? What is the risk? How do you compare this proposal to option #1 and #2? (2 points) Option #3 is the project for Stryker to manufacture its own PCBs in its own facility. Benefits: This option allows Stryker to control over the products’ quality and delivery in highest degree. The company can supervise every process of the production line to get every product
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illegal first of all ‚and secondly any kind of interference of this internationally transaction should have an entire system of research to make sure if paying the 100‚000 is even legal to pay‚ and they should do their due diligence of all kinds of financial researches to weigh
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product. Oil Prices health promotion When displayed this way it becomes very clear that health promotion is of great importance. Even a child could work out that oil prices plays in increasingly important role in the market economy. The financial press seems unable to make up its mind on these issues which unsettles investors. Political Factors Modern politics owes much to the animal kingdom. Looking at the spectrum represented
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CASE #4: 3M Canada: Industrial Business Division PROBLEM RECOGNITION * The target is to increase growth rate from 3-5% to 12-15% in 18 months * OEM market is mature with limited prospects of expansion * Ultimately shifting overall focus from OEM market to MRO market * High unfamiliarity and low exposure to the MRO market * IBD’s share of distributor sales was 2% of distributors’ revenue * Transitioning focus from Special and Niche accounts to Large National accounts
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|BidLow Construction Corporation | |Candidate: |Shuang Liang | | |S4
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